Manufacture of toy animals



(No Model.)

L. KYSER & A. O. REX. Manufacture of Toy Anima1s.

No. 240,258. Patented April 19,1881,

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I UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LOUIS KYSER ANl) ALFRED O. REX, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

MANUFACTURE OF TOY ANIMALS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 240,258, dated April 19, 1881.

Application filed March 2, 1881. (No model.)

I and it consists in forming of metal cast in one piece figures of animals, reptiles, birds, 850., which castings are provided with a base, and are full and rounded or convex on one side and concave on the other, as more fully set forth hereinafter, and shown in the accompanying drawings. which form part thereof.

Heretofore-animals, birds, 860., have been made of wood. requiring each to be separately carved, and when completed they are expensive and will not bear rough ha'ndling.

The object of our invention is to form such animals, birds, &c., from cast-iron, producing a perfectside elevation of such animal, 850., at

a very low figure, and at the same time produce an article which will withstand all the wear and tear and rough handling that can be put to it without injury. y

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of one of our improved cast-iron animals. Fig. 2 is a cross-section of same. Fig. 3 is a' side elevation of a bird similarly constructed. Fig. 4 is a cross-section of same.

A is the animal, bird, 8210., and is formed of a thin shell of cast-iron, convex on one side and concave on the other, as at 0, so as to give all the roundness and form of the animal asif it were solid. The rounded side is engraved or the pattern is suitably carved, so as to reproduce in the casting all the effects 'possible as, for instance, the hair of the body, ears, eyes, mouth, nostrils, and the various fossifications and protuberances of the body. This shell of the animal only represents one-half the animal, as would be made by passing a plane vertically down through the body between the eyes and tail. It is secured to the stand B by being castintegral with it. In practice we prefer to cast the stand B flush with the front of the animal and extend it out backward, as shown, or part may extend in front, as indicated by dotted lines, Fig. 2.

To give stability to the casting the body may be bent slightly backward or inclined over the stand, as shown in Figs. 2 and 4, in which case the center of gravity is moved back over the stand. If desired, the casting may be convex in form and flat on the back; but this is waste of metal and makes the toys heavy to handle.

Having now described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. As a new article of manufacture, a toy consisting of a cast-iron shell of the figure of an animal, bird, or other object, open at the back, combined with a stand cast integral with said figure, the entire figure and stand being in one piece, substantially as shown and described.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a toy consisting of the figure of an animal, bird, 850., said figure being made-of cast metal convex on the front side and concave on the rear, said shell of metal being cast solid with abase plate or stand, substantially as. shown and described.

3. As a new article of'nianutacture, a toy consisting of the figure of an animal, bird, &c., said figure being made of cast metal and combined with a stand which is cast integral with said figure and extends backward, said figure being inclined backward, so as to throw the center of gravity more over the stand, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony of which invention we hereunto set our hands.

LoUIs KY sER. ALFRED c. REX.

Witnesses:

R. A. GAVIN, JOHN SPARHAWK, Jr. 

